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Acacia gum: On-going amendments on American Food Labeling rules

In May 2016, the FDA issued its final rule on Food Labeling with the Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels. The final rule, effective on July 26, 2018, amends existing regulations and incorporates a definition of dietary fiber as follow:

- non-digestible soluble and insoluble carbohydrates (with 3 or more monomeric units) and lignin that are intrinsic and intact in plants; and

- isolated or synthetic non-digestible carbohydrates (with 3 or more monomeric units) determined by FDA to have

physiological effects that are beneficial to human health.

Nexira, as the world leader in acacia gum, has decided along with other partners and regulatory advisors

to support the intrinsic and intact position of acacia gum, as well as its beneficial physiological effects.